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Date:      Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:25:07 -0700
From:      Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>
To:        Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why USB enclosure with HD isn't a block device?
Message-ID:  <49DD78A3.9060703@rawbw.com>
In-Reply-To: <200904090406.n3946Rsc076562@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
References:  <49DD7091.3080900@rawbw.com> <200904090406.n3946Rsc076562@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>

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Olivier Nicole wrote:
> Just a wild guess, but shouldn't you create slices first?
>
> Then create the filesystem on /dev/da0s1
>
> Bests,
>
> Olivier
>   

This as a must in the past.
But now I always format, for example flash disks, without slices. And 
both Windows and FreeBSD have no problem.

And I think /dev/da0 for US enclosure actually should be a block device like all disks.
I think this is a bug.

Yuri





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